376 BOTANY. doubtful. I have never seen it from such high altitudes, which are gener¬ ally occupied by Juniperus occidentalis. The species is distinguished from every other Juniperus by the larger number of cotyledons, the others having only two. LiBOCEDEUS DECUEEENS, Torr.—North Fork of Kern River (423). ORCHIDEiE. Epipactis gigantea, Dougl.—Bartlett's Canon, Santa Barbara (117). JUNCEA. By De. Geoege Engelmann. JuNCUS AcuTUS, Linn., var. sph^eocaepus, Engelm.—Near the sea- coast, Santa Barbara (102).—Mr. Watson has directed attention to the fact that this form has a more elongated, stricter panicle, with smaller, sub¬ globose capsules, and seeds with shorter appendages. I find the same in the South American specimens, and in those of Cape of Good Hope. The name of J. macrocarpus, which Nees has given to this latter, would iiot be appropriate for this form, as the capsules are actually smaller than in the Mediterranean plant. I cannot consider these slight differences as of specific value, as we find the like in several other species of this genus. JuNCUS DUBius, Engelm. June. 459.—Walker's Basin, at 3,300 feet (287). LILIACE^. Yucca Whipplei, Ton-.—Santa Barbara (136). CYPERACE^. Eleochaeis palusteis, R. Br.—Santa Barbara (58). Eleochaeis aciculaeis, R. Br.—Santa Barbara (80). SciEPUS VALIDUS, Vahl.—Santa Barbara (57). Walker's Basin, at 3,440 feet (286). This is the well-known Tule of California, forming dense masses along lake and river shores, from 4 to 10° high. SciEPUS MicEOCAEPUS, Presl.—Santa Barbara (150).